believe it or not, I just switched from galaxy s2 to this phone. 2 weeks ago I bought a white galaxy s2 but to my disappointment it has poor reception and hangs frequently needing me to long press the power button to restart it. in the 2 weeks of use it hanged more than 10 times. the reception was awful. normally in places where my old desire hd would get full bars the galaxy s2 only manages 2 bars. sold it at minimal loss and got this phone. very happy with the performance considering the price. only grouse is it does not have auto ambient light.

errrr..... i maxed the volume and it sounded just OK in a quiet room, so in a noisy place i think have to switch to speaker phone mode........